linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] module: Don't wait for GOING modules

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Date:   Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:36:15 -0800
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@...il.com>
Cc:     Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>,
        Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
        Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>,
        Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@...e.com>, david@...hat.com,
        mwilck@...e.com, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>,
        Ben Hutchings <benh@...ian.org>,
        Adam Manzanares <a.manzanares@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] module: Don't wait for GOING modules

On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 2:40 PM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> There is one bug with  compression on debian:
>
>  - gzip compressed modules don't end up in the initramfs
>
> There is a generic upstream kmod bug:
>
>   - modprobe --show-depends won't grok compressed modules so initramfs
>     tools that use this as Debian likely are not getting module dependencies
>     installed in their initramfs

Vincenzo *might* be up to tackle the above, let's see!

  Luis